5 Stories You Might Have Missed This Week
A weekly round-up of must-read stories, posted every Friday ...
5 Stories You Might Have Missed This Week
A weekly round-up of must-read stories, posted every Friday ...
Food Insecurity in Sudan at Crisis Levels
The recent fighting along the border of Sudan and South Sudan has sparked even further food insecurity in the region. According to a report by the Famine Early Warning System Network, or FEWSNET, released this month that covers and projects for the period from April to September, the size of the food insecure population in Sudan has increased to 4.7 million people due to escalated conflict and reduced access to food ...
5 Stories You May Have Missed This Week
A weekly round-up of must-read stories, posted every Friday (or on occasion, on Saturday) ...
5 Stories You Might Have Missed This Week
A weekly round-up of must-read stories, posted every Friday ...
Fulfilling the Pledge of ‘Never Again’
In an unprecedented show of commitment and accountability by the U.S. to the prevention and elimination of mass atrocities around the world, on April 23 President Barack Obama announced the launch of the first-ever Atrocities Prevention Board, or APB. The board’s inception, which has been highly anticipated within the human rights community, marks a historic step within the U.S. government to work across agencies in collaborated efforts to prevent and respond to mass atrocities around the world ...
#KonyMeloni: New Video by Funny or Die and the Enough Project
The kings of comedy are at it again, but this time they are using humor to shine a light on human rights atrocities in central Africa. Comedy video website Funny or Die partnered with the Enough Project to co-produce a three-minute video starring Christopher Meloni, who co-starred on NBC’s Law & Order: SVU and recently joined the HBO series True Blood. Watch “Kony Hunter with Christopher Meloni.” ...
U.N. Report Documents Election Violence in Congo: Next Steps?
Last November’s controversial Congolese presidential and legislative elections continue to make headlines, further diminishing a sense of legitimacy or credibility in the Congolese electoral process. Last week, the U.N. released a report documenting acts of serious human rights violations committed during the elections—including killings, disappearances and arbitrary detentions—by members of the Congolese defense and security forces in the nation’s capital, Kinshasa ...
Kony 2012: Ask the Enough LRA Experts
On March 5, Enough Project partner organization Invisible Children launched the Kony 2012 campaign and released a 30-minute video that has received more than 50 million views on YouTube. The violent operations of the Lord’s Resistance Army, or LRA, in central Africa have almost overnight become the talk of the nation. To provide context for the Kony 2012 campaign, check out the following interviews this week with Enough Project’s LRA Policy Analyst Ashley Benner and Policy Consultant Sasha Lezhnev ...
Women, Peace, and Security: Building a National Plan for International Change
In honor of International Women’s Day it is important to take stock of the national and international mechanisms in support of gendered equality and women’s rights. The U.S. National Security Strategy notes that countries are more peaceful and prosperous when women are accorded full and equal rights, and therefore it is in our national interest to support and empower women throughout the world. To this end, the Obama administration recently adopted the first U.S. National Action Plan on Women, Peace, and Security, officially integrating gender issues across government initiatives ...
